A French developer of large-scale (over 50,000 ha) nature-based removal projects, reforestation, mangroves and wetlands across emerging markets, financed through the 1.5bn euro Averrhoa fund with Ardian. Its flagship is the Sylvera A-rated Project Yopo restoration in Colombia, and it co-founded the Organization for Biodiversity Certificates to develop a field-based biodiversity-crediting standard.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
A climate project developer and carbon advisory firm (now part of Karbon-X) that originates nature-based and technology-based projects across Africa, Latin America and Asia and commercialises the resulting credits.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
A Belgian non-profit that develops and runs locally-led forest restoration projects in Ethiopia, the Zambian Miombo, Senegal and South America, monitoring carbon, wildlife and community outcomes.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
A Brazilian carbon-removal developer reforesting degraded Amazon pastureland with native species, with removal offtake agreements from Google, Microsoft and Meta.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsLatin America & Caribbean
Well corroborated
An NGO running reforestation and agroforestry around Idiofa (Kwilu, DR Congo), aiming to reforest 50,000 hectares in the near future.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsAfrica
Corroborated
A Kenya-based smallholder micro-forestry model, supplying seedlings and support to farmers on small plots to grow timber and generate afforestation credits. FMO, an investor in the company since 2020, states that the operating entity Komaza Forestry Limited "is currently under administration as the company is in a bankruptcy scenario", and that it arranged short-term bridge funding "to facilitate an orderly wind-down". FMO dates those entries to November 2023 and February 2024. Whether activity continues on the ground is not established either way by that disclosure.
Forests & natureAgriculture & landCarbon marketsAfrica
Well corroborated
A UK company with more than 15 years of reforestation on degraded forest land, growing teak in Ghana’s Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve with social and ecological benefits and a carbon credit programme.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsAfrica
Corroborated
The Senegalese NGO behind the Sine Saloum and Casamance community mangrove restoration (with the Livelihoods Carbon Fund); a landmark blue-carbon programme now scrutinised over "ghost carbon" survival concerns.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsAdaptation & resilienceAfrica
Contested
A community-centred conservation company that pioneered VCS REDD+ (Kasigau Corridor, Kenya) and runs avoided-deforestation projects in DR Congo and Colombia; a leading developer whose REDD+ credits face published integrity and rights criticism.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South
Contested
A majority African-owned social enterprise developing long-term forest REDD+ projects in Zambia and Mozambique, including the ~2.1M ha Luangwa Community Forests Project, the largest African REDD+ by area.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsAfrica
Well corroborated
A reforestation company whose open-source Terraware platform manages the native restoration lifecycle, from seed banking and nurseries to planting and monitoring, with a Seed to Forest Accelerator for forestry teams.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal
Well corroborated
A reforestation company managing more than 180 million trees on degraded land across four continents, using its peer-reviewed FastTrack carbon model and data-driven monitoring.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal
Corroborated
A Dutch non-profit regreening degraded landscapes with farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Senegal, using water bunds (“earth smiles”) and other restoration techniques.
Forests & natureWaterAgriculture & landAdaptation & resilienceAfrica
Well corroborated
A clean-cookstove maker and carbon developer reporting more than 4.1 million cookstoves sold and 22 million lives reached, with carbon credits verified under Gold Standard.
EnergyCarbon marketsAfrica
Well corroborated
A Kenya-based maker of solar-powered irrigation pumps for smallholder farmers, running a Verra carbon project whose Verified Carbon Units it has sold to EDF Trading.
EnergyAgriculture & landCarbon marketsAfrica
Well corroborated
A distributed renewable energy company running AI-enabled solar and battery mini-grids for underserved communities, businesses and households in India, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa and Asia.
EnergyCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
An Australia-based developer of IoT-enabled biodigesters and induction cookstoves in Cambodia, Bangladesh and beyond, issuing Gold Standard credits via digital MRV. Reports over $34M in carbon-credit purchase offers, including a multi-year Engie agreement.
EnergyAgriculture & landCarbon marketsAsia-Pacific
Corroborated
A social enterprise making efficient biomass and gas cookstoves, with production or distribution in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, India, Peru and China.
EnergyCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
A Mumbai-based clean-cookstove manufacturer founded in 2010, reporting more than 10 million households reached.
EnergyCarbon marketsAsia-Pacific
Corroborated
A biogas-technology company installing prefabricated biodigesters for farmers in Mexico, India, Kenya, Colombia and other markets, reporting 159,000 digesters, 956,000 people reached and 2.3 million tonnes of CO2e mitigated, with a sister carbon-finance vehicle, FarmCarbon.
Agriculture & landEnergyCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated
A landscape-restoration organisation, formerly Eden Reforestation Projects, partnering with communities in eight countries across Africa, Asia and Central America and reporting five active carbon projects.
Forests & natureCarbon marketsGlobal South
Well corroborated